Parenting Resources

• Big Little Feelings (for parents of littles)
• Dr. Becky at Home (youth of all ages)
• PACT: An Adoption Alliance
• ECHO (trauma informed parenting classes)
• Transfiguring Adoption (adoption & foster care)
• Adoptive Families
• Mommy and Me (new parents—local SD resource)
• Celia Center (adoption & foster care)
•  The Center (LGBTQ—local SD resource)
• The Trauma Informed Parent (youth who have experienced trauma)
• PFLAG (parents and families of LGBTQ youth)
• The Conscious Kid (celebrating racial and cultural diversity
• GLAAD (LGBTQ parents)
• Dr. Dan Siegel (youth of all ages)
• National Parent Helpline (general parenting)
• National Fatherhood Initiative
• The Child Mind Institute (children with mental health and learning challenges)
• Autism Speaks (ASD youth & families)

• The Bad Seed by Jory John
• Personal Space Camp by Julia Cook
• Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by Julia Cook
• My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook
• Tease Monster by Julia Cook
• I Can’t Believe You Said That!  by Julia Cook
• The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
• Captain Snout And the Super Power Questions by Daniel G. Amen
• In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek
• Moody Cow Meditates by Kerry MacLean
• The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
• Beautiful Oops!  by Barney Saltzberg
• (Family Begins With a) Wish by Matthew Cordell
• Dream by Matthew Cordell
• Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman
• You’re Here for a Reason by Nancy Tillman
• Eddie’s Brave Journey: How One Little Elephant Learned All About Grief
• by Randi Pearlman Wolfson

Commentary: Here’s how parents can help kids cope with stress during the coronavirus pandemic by Ansley Curtis, M.S., LMFT